Online Public Safety Programs & Degrees

ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN: ONLINE PUBLIC SAFETY GRADUATE DIPLOMAS IN:
■ Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in ■ Border Strategies

Criminology/Policing ■ Emergency Management
■ Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing ■ Countering Crime
■ Master of Public Safety ■ GIS and Data Analytics
■ National Security
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03 | Message from the President
04 | About Laurier
■ Laurier Core Values
■ Our Mission
■ Our Vision
05 | Online Experience
06 | Tuition and Financial Aid
07 | Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in

Criminology/Policing
■ Program Overview
■ Program Goals
■ Career Resources
■ Career Options
■ Potential Employers
■ Program Curriculum
20 | Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing

■ Program Goals
■ Career Resources
■ Career Options
■ Potential Employers
31 | Public Safety Graduate Diplomas

■ Program Goals
49 | Master of Public Safety

■ Program Goals

Message from the President
Our vibrant sense of Welcome to Wilfrid Laurier University. As a community dedicated to learning and
community and our discovery, Laurier values diversity and inclusivity
strategic focus on With roots stretching back to 1911, Laurier and strives to create a supportive and empowering
developing the whole has evolved over the past century into a environment for all. Together, we encourage
student is reflected comprehensive multi-campus, multi-community ourselves and others to engage with the world in
in the university’s university that excels at teaching, research and all its complexity and to contribute to society in
institutional student experience. meaningful ways.
proposition, Inspiring
lives of leadership Our vibrant sense of community and our strategic Laurier truly is a welcoming and inspiring
and purpose. focus on developing the whole student is reflected community. I invite you to learn more about our
in the university’s institutional proposition, remarkable university through the pages of this
Inspiring lives of leadership and purpose. program guide.
These words are at the heart of the university’s

identity. Our focus on inspiration, leadership and Dr. Deborah MacLatchy
purpose shapes the entire Laurier experience and President and Vice-Chancellor
fuels our commitment to academic excellence.

About Laurier
For more than a century, Wifrid Laurier University

has been known for academic excellence. But
we’ve also been dedicated to the philosophy that
our students’ success is measured through more
than grades – it’s based on the quality of the lives
they lead, and those they inspire.
Our students study in two physical campuses,

three other university locations and online. But no
matter where you study, you’re a Golden Hawk!
■ Waterloo Campus
■ K
itchener: Lyle S. Hallman School of Social Work
■ Brantford Campus
■ Toronto Office and part time MBA program
■ Chongqing, China
LAURIER CORE VALUES OUR MISSION

Core values set Laurier apart from other Wilfrid Laurier University is devoted to excellence
universities and educational facilities. We in learning, research, scholarship and creativity. It
recognize the importance of integrity, honesty, challenges people to become engaged and aware
critical thinking and curiosity in education. The citizens of an increasingly complex world. It fulfills
core values of our institution stem from the its mission by advancing knowledge, supporting
elements on which the University was founded: and enhancing high-quality undergraduate,
community, developing our students as individuals graduate and professional education, and
and encouraging creativity or innovation. emphasizing co-curricular development of the
whole student.
OUR VALUES
■ Our intimate community environment OUR VISION
■ Our academic and institutional tradition Our commitment is to justice and sustainability
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ew and integrated communities of learning now and in the future, so we strive to ignite
and application the minds, spirits and hearts of our communities
■ Diversity and a culture of inclusivity through excellence in teaching and learning,
■ D
eveloping the whole person: mind, spirit in the discovery, scholarly exploration, and
and body application of new ideas, and in instilling the
■ Community focus and global engagement courage to engage and challenge the world in
■ A life of purpose and citizenship all its complexity.
■ Learning through experience

Online Experience
Whether you plan to advance to a leadership position, change careers or just want
to improve your skills, Wilfrid Laurier University makes it possible for you to achieve
your goals at a time and place most convenient for you.
Laurier understands your needs as a busy striving to inspire and encourage through engaging
professional. That’s why we make course content material, unprecedented support and innovative
available to you 24-hours a day, seven days a week online education strategies.
through MyLearningSpace by Desire2Learn. From
anywhere with an Internet connection, you You can contact your instructors when questions
can access your assignments, take quizzes and arise; you’ll also have access to a dedicated
participate in discussion groups. Student Learning Advisor who will ensure you
have the tools, information and resources you
Laurier online instructors take a student-focused need to succeed.
approach to their course materials – constantly
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COURSEWORK ON YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
SCHEDULE SAFETY PROFESSIONALS

Tuition and Financial Aid
TUITION FINANCIAL AID

At Wilfrid Laurier University, we consider education Although the specific costs associated with
an investment and we work side-by-side with our online programs depend on your specific
you to help maximize your educational return on situation and the number of courses you must
investment. take to complete the degree program, students
at Laurier can apply for financial aid through the
The Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing Student Awards Office. When you decide to start
coursework focuses on one class in a six-week our online programs, you can apply for a student
period. The exact cost of tuition depends on your loan to help pay for the costs of tuition. Depending
situation, because police officers with previous on your situation, you may also qualify for certain
training may qualify for up to 10 credit transfers scholarships to further reduce the out-of-pocket
when entering our program. The Combined costs of the program. If you need help applying
Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and for financial aid, our Student Awards Office offers
Policing is 20 credits and focuses on classes information and tools to start the process of
across a 12-week period. The Master of Public applying for financial aid. We offer different financial
Safety is a 4-credit program and the Graduate aid options, including loans and scholarships,
Diplomas are 2-credit programs. Both the graduate based on your situation and various qualifying
diplomas and the master’s degree focus on one standards. Current and future students may apply
13-week course at a time. for financial aid through the school.
When you take courses in an online bachelor's

program, graduate diploma program, or master’s
program, you can apply for financial aid. Qualifica-
tions for financial aid depend on several factors.

Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in
Criminology and Policing
The Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Policing program consists of a combination
of core and elective courses that will complete the 20 credits degree requirement. Each course in the
Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Policing program is 12 weeks long.
Courses can be taken at any pace to a maximum of three courses per term, depending on course
availability. (Students may also take a term or more off to accommodate personal schedules.) By
completing two to three courses per term, individuals can earn their degrees in three to four years.

Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts
in Criminology/Policing
The online Combined Honours BA in Criminology and Policing is 20 credits, including 12 credits of Policing
and Criminology courses. Elective transfer credits may be granted depending on assessment of previous
studies from another institution. Courses are 0.5 credit each and will run for 12 weeks beginning
in Fall (Sept.-Dec.), Winter (January- April) and possible Spring (May – August) terms. Students may
enroll in a maximum of three courses per term (depending on course availability), and are encouraged to
consider a workload that fits their personal schedules each term. Registration remains accessible even
after enrolment lapses of up to 17 months. This program is available to fully online students only.
Admission Requirements
The combined criminology/policing dual degree program requires a mid-70s average with high school,
university-level English or equivalent at 60%. No prior experience in law enforcement is needed. In
addition, transfer credits may be granted depending on previous educational attainment. After you
apply, an admissions coordinator will assess your transcripts to determine how many transfer credits you
may receive.

Program Goals
Wilfrid Laurier University has produced career-ready professionals for more than 100 years. As a result,
you’ll enter a program with an established curriculum taught by faculty who have worked in the field
including positions as: research officers, legal analysts, investigators, corrections workers and more.
■ A
nswer main question in criminology, “why ■ I mprove your research, communications
did a crime occur” and the social as well and writing skills to become a desirable
as psychological aspects in answering that candidate—whether you want to work more
question. Policing focuses on the critical issues hands-on with the justice system or want to
identified by law enforcement leaders across go into an academic setting.
Canada.
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est and challenge your knowledge through
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iversify your knowledge through courses innovative lectures, case studies and seminars.
such as: Youth Justice, Addiction and Crime,
Crimes Against Humanity and more.

Criminology Career Resources
Your education plays a key role in your career and future. When you plan to work toward a leadership
position in criminology or want to improve your knowledge of the criminal justice system, an online
degree from Wilfrid Laurier University provides the foundation you need to accomplish your goals.
Our online program is an innovative solution to build on your passion and develop your skills. We
focus on the skills you need as a professional in the criminal justice field and the information you need
to become a leader in your field.
Career Options for Criminology and Policing Graduates
Addictions Counsellor Crime Reporter Parole/Probation Officer

Airport Security Crime Scene/Forensic Analyst Police Officer
Animal Cruelty Investigator Criminology Assistant Policy Analyst/Advisor
Arson Investigator Customs Officer Politician
Behaviour Profiler Demographer Polygraph Technician
Child Protection Worker Facilities Manager Pre-trial Services Officer
Claims Examiner/Adjudicator Gaming Enforcement Private Investigator
Coast Guard Housing Officer Program Coordinator
Community Outreach Worker Human Resources Recruiter Public Administrator
Community Relations Officer Immigration Officer Public Safety Educator
Community Researcher Insurance/Fraud Investigator Recovery Expert
Consumer Affairs Investigator International Aid Worker Security Management
Corporate Security Loss Prevention Specialist Social Worker
Corrections Officer Mediator Statistician
Court Clerk/Officer Ombudsperson Underwriter
Court Reporter Paralegal Victims Advocate
Credit Investigator Park Ranger Youth Worker
Potential Employers
Airlines/Airports Courts Military

Canada Border Services Government Police Service/RCMP
Casinos/Resorts Insurance Companies Private Corporations
Correctional Facilities International Aid Organizations Social Service Agencies

Combined Honours BA in Criminology/Policing
Curriculum
Transfer credits are offered for previous courses completed at community college, university. After you
apply, an admissions coordinator will assess your transcripts to determine how many transfer credits
you may receive.
POLICING COURSES
CC100: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY OL224/PD224: ORGANIZATIONAL

This course introduces students to the discipline LEADERSHIP
of criminology from both a historical and a This interdisciplinary course introduces students
contemporary perspective. Students will be to a broad range of organizational types and
introduced to classical and contemporary students will examine the ways in which leaders
theorists in the field, as well as research methods shape and influence organizations. Historical,
and disciplinary debates, with a focus on both contemporary, and emerging leadership theories
Canadian and global issues in criminology. and debates will be covered.
Exclusion: PD202 6 week

OL109/MB109: COMMUNICATION SKILLS
FOR LEADERSHIP
Communication skills are probably the single PD200: POLICE PSYCHOLOGY
most important skill required to be successful in This course will introduce students to the
any type of relationship. This course will provide techniques used to measure and assess police
an introduction to research and theories in the personnel, and deepen their understanding of the
field of interpersonal communications and how on-the-job experiences that can affect the mental
this information relates to individuals in contem- health of police personnel. Students will learn
porary society. In addition, the course focuses on about intelligence and personality testing, the
building and enhancing your knowledge in the effects of experiencing trauma and compassion
kinds of communications skills that employers fatigue, the importance of stress management,
expect. self-care and fit-for-duty assessments.

Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology/Policing Curriculum
PD201: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PD205: PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW

IN POLICING ENFORCEMENT
Intercultural Communication in Policing This course will apply psychological principles
introduces students to the field of intercultural and concepts to law enforcement. Students will
communication in order to recognize the increase their competency and understanding of
challenges faced by law enforcement officials in interviewing, interrogation, hostage negotiation,
understanding and interpreting the behaviours, eyewitness testimony and offender profiling.
actions and attitudes of individuals in conflict (Online Learning only).
within their own communities, within the larger
community and with the law. Topics include Prerequisite: a 0.5 credit selected from the
postmodern theory, cultural studies, critical race following: CC291/PD291, OL109, PD200, PD201,
theory, race, racism and representation. OL224/PD224.
PD203: DIVERSITY IN POLICING CC291/PD291: INTRODUCTION TO POLICING

Introduces students to topics to contribute to a This course provides an introduction to policing
working environment that is equitable and free in Canada, and includes an examination of: the
of discrimination, harassment and disruptive of historical development of police services; the
systems of advantage. Students will recognize organization of occupational roles within policing;
and welcome the strengths of diversity within the legal powers of the police; traditional and
service. Topics include the difference between contemporary models of police work; and current
diversity and inclusion (and the benefits of each), issues in policing. These dimensions of policing
hegemonic masculinity, privilege, intersectionality will be explored through both macro-level analyses
and allyship. (Online Learning only). that focus on the institutional contexts of policing
and microlevel analyses that focus on the
Prerequisite: a 0.5 credit selected from the experiential aspects of policing.
following: CC291/PD291, OL109, PD200, PD201,
OL224/PD224. Exclusion: PD100
Prerequisite: CC100 or CC102 Senior student status

OL233/HS233/CC233: INTRODUCTION TO PD301: POLICING A COMPLEX AND DIVERSE

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS COMMUNITY
Building on BF290, this course provides Examines key historical and sociopolitical issues
an introduction to social science research in law enforcement practices to recognize their
methodologies that is designed to enable students impact on marginalized populations. Students
to read, understand, and critically evaluate social will expand their cultural awareness and improve
science research as well as to prepare students for intercultural communication skills to work more
more specialized courses in qualitative and quan- effectively and judiciously in a diverse community.
titative research. Students will learn the Topics include critical race theory, cultural
philosophical (i.e., ontological and epistemological) diversity and sensibility, tactical communication
basis for quantitative, qualitative, deductive and practices and racial profiling. (Online Learning only).
inductive research, how to frame research questions,
operationalize concepts, and design studies suitable Prerequisite: a 0.5 credit selected from the
to quantitative and qualitative research and the following courses: CC291/PD291, OL109, PD200.
limitations and advantages of various research
designs (e.g., cross-sectional, experimental, case
studies, ethnographies). The relationship between PD302: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ POLITICAL
theoretical concepts, constructs and variables will STRUCTURES
be examined. Students will be introduced to First Nations Political Structures introduces
current issues regarding research ethics. For students to First Nations Peoples’ laws and
quantitative research, students will become institutions, and criminal justice systems. In this
familiar with different forms of data collection course, students will gain awareness of the
and the following concepts: levels of measurement, importance of preserving Indigenous justice
the central limit theorem, measures of central systems. Students will develop an understanding
tendency and variance, hypothesis testing, the of the effects of Western judicial systems and
standard error and probability sampling. For the strains they create for First Nations Peoples
qualitative research, students will become relationships with Western governments. Topics
familiar with different forms of data collection include indigenous identities, government policy
(e.g., observations, interviews, textual analysis) implications, tensions between law enforcement
and basic strategies to categorize and code officers and Indigenous Peoples on and off
qualitative material. reserves, self-development and colonialism.
Exclusion: PD300 6 week Prerequisite: CC291/PD291

Prerequisite: BF290 or CC291/PD291 and
Registration Status: Senior Student

CC/HS/PD312: MENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE PD305: MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND CRIME
Students will identify what constitutes a mental This course will examine the impacts of social
disorder and understand the prevalence of various media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and
mental illnesses in Canada. Students will focus YouTube on law enforcement and investigation
on legal issues related to mental health including practices. Students will learn how to effectively
NCRMD and fitness to stand trial procedures, communicate with the general public through
provincial mental health legislation, risk assessment social media platforms. Students will be exposed
and management techniques, violence risk and to the current policies and legislation dealing with
victimization, dangerousness and stigma, and Social Media including the Freedom of Information
criminal justice policy. Act, protection of privacy and delivering sensitive
information. Conversely, students will be exposed
Exclusion: PD303 6 week to cultural criminal theories, critical Marxist
Prerequisite: CC100 or CC102, Senior student status theories and Foucauldian theory. In addition,
students will identify how real-time virtual public
platforms allow law enforcement officials to
PD304: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE discover, conduct and analyze evidence in solving
This course provides an in-depth analysis of online crimes. In turn, law enforcement officials
issues surrounding domestic violence, including will be able to use social platforms as agents of
gendered power relationships, under the broader social control to assist in reducing the amount of
framework of the sociology of gender. Students online/virtual deviance, i.e., cyberbullying. (Online
will examine the various manifestations of Learning only).
domestic violence, including physical, sexual,
psychological, social and economic abuse of Prerequisite: one of MB109/OL109, PD101, PD205
intimate partners, children and elders. The types
of interventions used to address domestic violence,
as well as their costs, benefits and limitations will
be considered. (Online Learning only).
Prerequisite: One of CC291/PD291, OL109,

PD200

PD306: ETHICS, CORRUPTION, AND POLICE PD401: CIVIL UNREST: THE STATE’S USE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY FORCE AGAINST ITS CITIZENS
This course will explore contemporary issues This course is designed to allow students to
of ethics, corruption and accountability for law build upon either their work experience and/or
enforcement personnel. Specifically, this course previous security training. In this course, students
will also explore how police institutions, the will learn how to apply use of force theory along
media, the public and overseeing bodies respond with the basic physical skills required to
to allegations of unethical or improper conduct de-escalate/escape, mediate or gain control
by law enforcement. Students will apply relevant of human crisis situations. Students will use a
criminological theories to understand well-known multidisciplinary theoretical approach to identify
cases of police corruption, racial profiling, noble the root causes of civil unrest and the importance
cause policing and use of excessive force. Students of social media. Using case studies as examples,
will understand how the powers afforded to police students will learn how to communicate,
may be used to both uphold and undermine manage and ensure officer safety mechanisms
legitimate police practices. (Online Learning only). such as principles of riot control that are set in
place during periods of citizens/ civil unrest.
Prerequisite: OL224/PD224 and one of Topics include the legal provisions for the use
PCC291/PD291, OL109, PD200, PD201 of force, the “fleeing felon” rule, police acts and
standards and liability of police use of force. By
the end of the course, students will have the
knowledgeable and transfer skills to control and
prevent civil riots using the appropriate force.
(Online Learning only).
Prerequisites: PD203 and one of CC291/PD291,

MB109/OL109, PD100, PD101

PD402: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND PD404: CYBERCRIME

POLICING This course offers an in-depth exploration of
This course examines historical trauma and its the legal, social and technical issues related to
generational impacts on First Nation Peoples. cybercrime within a globalized context. Emerging
Students will learn from elders to better understand legal responses to cybercrime will be discussed
respectful ways of practicing law enforcement in with reference to challenges facing law enforcement.
First Nations communities and with Indigenous Applied issues in cybercrime will also be considered,
Peoples. They will learn to engage and acknowledge including the collection of digital forensic evidence,
the varying supports and integral roles law the preservation of rights guaranteed under the
enforcement officers offer in First Nations Charter and the logistics of leading cybercrime
communities. The goal of this course is for law investigations across international jurisdictions.
enforcement officials to gain a diverse understanding Relevant criminological theory will be used to
of the issues that face First Nations communities. guide discussions of the methods and motivations
of cybercriminals. (Online Learning only).
Prerequisite: OL109 or PD201
Prerequisite: CC291/PD291 and PD305
PD403: IMMIGRATION AND CONFLICT ZONES

An emphasis will be placed on providing law CC426/PD426: QUALITATIVE
enforcement officers with the necessary skills to METHODOLOGIES IN CRIMINOLOGY
recognize, accept and be mindful of ethnic, racial, This course examines qualitative research
gender, religious and other forms of diversity methodologies in Criminology. It is designed to
within Canada. Using current case examples, introduce students to epistemological issues
students will be able to understand the importance that distinguish qualitative from quantitative
of collaboration/consultation with community methodologies and to provide an overview of
agencies, stakeholders and police chiefs to formulate dimensions of qualitative research methodologies,
new tactical approaches to crime within conflict including research ethics, grounded theorizing,
zones. By the end of this course, students will sampling, data collection techniques, and
have achieved the necessary skills to identify, qualitative analysis. The course will assist in the
address and maintain neutrality to resolve/ development of the necessary critical thinking
stabilize external involvement with marginalized skills for critiquing and evaluating existing re-
populations such as people living in poverty, First search on crime and deviance. Topics may include
Nations and ethnic minorities. Additionally, they interviews, participant observation, interpretive
will have gained the necessary skills in resolving research, ethnomethodology, historical research,
and stabilizing personal conflict within a discourse analysis, and feminist methodologies.
multicultural workplace. (Online Learning only).
Prerequisite: CC291/PD291 and PD301 Prerequisite: CC100 and CC233/OL233

CRIMINOLOGY COURSES
CC100: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY CC290: THEORIES OF CRIME I

This course introduces students to the discipline An introduction to the sociological tradition of
of criminology from both a historical and a crime and deviance theory from the late 18th
contemporary perspective. Students will be century (Classical School) to approximately the
introduced to classical and contemporary 1960s (emergence of labeling theory). Schools of
theorists in the field, as well as research methods thought to be covered include Classical Criminology,
and disciplinary debates, with a focus on both positivism, the Chicago School, subcultural theories,
Canadian and global issues in criminology. differential association and learning theories,
Anomie and strain, control theories, and symbolic
interaction/labeling.
CC102: INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM Prerequisite: CC100 or LY100
This course will examine the functions and
structure of the major components of the
Canadian criminal justice system. Students will be CC390: THEORIES OF CRIME II
introduced to the roles played by various criminal An exploration of critical theories of criminology
justice organizations in the administration of from 1970s to the present including such topics
justice. Topics may include police, criminal courts as social constructivist theories, Marxist theories,
and trial procedures, sentencing, and corrections. feminist theories, critical race theory, left-realism,
routine activities theory, neo-classical theories,
developmental criminology, post-modernism,
CC210: PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME Foucauldian governmentality theory, and
This course will explore sources of individual integrated theories.
variation in criminal conduct from a psychological
perspective. Students will be introduced to Prerequisite: CC290
classic biological, developmental, cognitive, and
psychiatric explanations of criminal behaviour.
Course topics will focus on associations between
criminality and genetics, brain functioning, psy-
chophysiology, mental disorders, personality and
moral development, and social learning.
Prerequisite: CC100

CC327: STATISTICS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND OL233/HS233/CC233: INTRODUCTION TO

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS
This course is designed to provide students Building on BF290, this course provides an
with a basic knowledge of statistics and their introduction to social science research
interpretation as they apply to criminology and methodologies that is designed to enable
criminal justice issues. The course will assist in students to read, understand, and critically
the development of the necessary critical thinking evaluate social science research as well as to
skills for critiquing and evaluating criminal justice prepare students for more specialized courses in
research. Students will learn and apply the qualitative and quantitative research. Students
fundamentals of data analysis in criminal justice will learn the philosophical (i.e., ontological and
research, focusing on both descriptive and epistemological) basis for quantitative, qualitative,
inferential statistics. deductive and inductive research, how to frame
research questions, operationalize concepts,
Prerequisite: CC100 and CC233/OL233 or PS295 and design studies suitable to quantitative and
qualitative research and the limitations and
advantages of various research designs (e.g.,
cross-sectional, experimental, case studies,
ethnographies). The relationship between
theoretical concepts, constructs and variables
will be examined. Students will be introduced
to current issues regarding research ethics. For
quantitative research, students will become
familiar with different forms of data collection
and the following concepts: levels of measurement,
the central limit theorem, measures of central
tendency and variance, hypothesis testing, the
standard error and probability sampling. For
qualitative research, students will become
familiar with different forms of data collection
(e.g., observations, interviews, textual analysis)
and basic strategies to categorize and code
qualitative material.
Exclusion: PD300
Prerequisite: BF290 or CC291/PD291 and
Registration Status: Senior Student

CC426/PD426 QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES CC291/PD291: INTRODUCTION TO POLICING

IN CRIMINOLOGY This course provides an introduction to policing
This course examines qualitative research in Canada, and includes an examination of: the
methodologies in Criminology. It is designed historical development of police services; the
to introduce students to epistemological issues organization of occupational roles within policing;
that distinguish qualitative from quantitative legal powers of the police; traditional and
methodologies and to provide an overview of contemporary models of police work; and current
dimensions of qualitative research methodologies, issues in policing. These dimensions of policing
including research ethics, grounded theorizing, will be explored through both macro-level analyses
sampling, data collection techniques, and that focus on the institutional contexts of policing
qualitative analysis. The course will assist in the and microlevel analyses that focus on the
development of the necessary critical thinking experiential aspects of policing.
skills for critiquing and evaluating existing research
on crime and deviance. Topics may include Prerequisite: CC100 or CC102, senior student
interviews, participant observation, interpretive
research, ethnomethodology, historical research,
discourse analysis, and feminist methodologies. CC/HS/PD312: MENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE
Students will identify what constitutes a mental
Prerequisite: CC100 and OL/CC/HS233 or PS295 disorder and understand the prevalence of various
and Year 4 status in Criminology or Policing mental illnesses in Canada. Students will focus
on legal issues related to mental health including
NCRMD and fitness to stand trial procedures,
provincial mental health legislation, risk assessment
and management techniques, violence risk and
victimization, dangerousness and stigma, and
criminal justice policy.
Prerequisite: CC100 or CC102, senior student
An additional 2.0 credits (4 X 0.5 credit courses selected from a variety of senior level Criminology courses.
Online development is pending approvals.

Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing
The online Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing program is made up of 10 credits of required police
courses and 10 elective credits. Each course in the Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing program is six
weeks long.
Courses can be taken at any pace to a maximum of three courses per term. (Students may also take a
term or more off to accommodate personal schedules.) By completing two to three courses per term,
officers can earn their degrees in three to four years.

Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing
The program has a For a police officer with a rotating shift and a demanding schedule, traditional classroom learning is
volunteer advisory not an option. The Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing program at Wilfrid Laurier University helps
board comprised of eliminate this issue by making class accessible to you online – 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
members representing
police services, the Designed in partnership with law enforcement throughout Canada, Laurier’s Honours Bachelor of Arts
legal system, and in Policing program delivers an engaging curriculum designed to improve your critical thinking and
academics and trainers analytical skills. Additionally, the online Policing courses provide you with the skills to evaluate and apply
who offer input into different perspectives to better operate in a society that often scrutinizes and challenges police actions.
course content.
It was designed this ■ Receive training in areas deemed critical by law enforcement leaders across Canada.
way to ensure the
offerings are relevant ■ Take courses online with other police officers.
and meaningful to
officers in the program. ■ T
he Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development recognizes crime and justice as areas of
institutional strength for Laurier.
BRUCE ARAI
Assistant Provost:
Strategy and Dean of ■ H
ear first-hand experiences related to experiencing trauma and critical incidents to help you
Human and Social Sciences develop strategies for personal resiliency.
The fully online nature of the Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing program, and the fact that admission
is restricted to officers with a minimum of twelve months of on-the-job experience, make it unlike any
other policing program found in Canada.

The Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing online program is designed for working and retired police
officers with at least one year of professional work experience in policing. Proof of a minimum of one
year of full-time employment up to and including the time before classes begin for each police officer
must be verified by an official letter from the human resources department of the police service(s) from
which the officer has been employed.
Due to the broad range of police work that is available, the program is specifically designed for:
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urrently employed by, or retired from, a police service or law enforcement organization and meets
the definition of police officer under s.2 of the Ontario Police Services Act or similar legislation
defining police officer at the provincial or federal level of government;
■ P
olice officers who are employed by a First Nations Police Service;
■ S
pecial Constables who are employed by a governmental agency;
■ H
ave at least one year of professional work experience in policing/law enforcement;
■ Is authorized by, and accountable to, the appropriate jurisdictional legislation
(e.g., Police Services Act, RCMP Act) to enforce provincial and federal legislation.
Officers who do not have previous postsecondary work may still apply; in addition to the required
Laurier Honours BA in Policing courses, more courses from Laurier or another Canadian university to
satisfy the graduation requirements of 20 total credits are required.
Laurier accepts applications year-round and the Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing program offers six
start dates per year.

Program Goals
Upon completion of the Wilfrid Laurier University Honours BA in Policing, you should be able to:
■ A
rticulate the major methodological, ■ R
eview and interpret policy surrounding
theoretical and political debates in law enforcement program development,
contemporary criminology and criminal implementation and evaluation.
justice.
■ D
emonstrate knowledge of the effects
■ S
elect appropriate qualitative and quantitative and consequences of experiencing trauma
research methods and apply these methods to and critical incidents to develop the ability
analyze and interpret data. to maintain resiliency in personal and
professional relationships.
■ A
pply criminological and psychological
theories and perspectives to interpret and ■ R
espond to criticism and feedback
critique contemporary law enforcement issues. respectfully and non-defensively.
■ D
emonstrate an understanding of and ■ R
ecognize the role of social media in law
appreciation for the complexity of Indigenous enforcement and use discretion, courtesy
justice systems and identify the role of law and professionalism when using social
enforcement officials in First Nations media platforms.
communities.
■ U
tilize leadership skills to conduct and
evaluate performance assessments for law
enforcement personnel.

Policing Career Resources
Your education plays a key role in your career and future. When you plan to work toward a leadership
position in the police service or you want to improve your knowledge of law enforcement, an online
degree from Wilfrid Laurier University provides the foundation you need to accomplish your goals.
Our online program is an innovative solution to build on your passion and develop your skills. We
focus on the skills you need as an officer of the law and the information you need to become a leader
in your field.
Career Options for Honours BA in Policing Graduates
Addictions Counsellor Crime Reporter Parole/Probation Officer

Airport Security Crime Scene/Forensic Analyst Police Officer
Animal Cruelty Investigator Criminology Assistant Policy Analyst/Advisor
Arson Investigator Customs Officer Politician
Behaviour Profiler Demographer Polygraph Technician
Child Protection Worker Facilities Manager Pre-trial Services Officer
Claims Examiner/Adjudicator Gaming Enforcement Private Investigator
Coast Guard Housing Officer Program Coordinator
Community Outreach Worker Human Resources Recruiter Public Administrator
Community Relations Officer Immigration Officer Public Safety Educator
Community Researcher Insurance/Fraud Investigator Recovery Expert
Consumer Affairs Investigator International Aid Worker Security Management
Corporate Security Loss Prevention Specialist Social Worker
Corrections Officer Mediator Statistician
Court Clerk/Officer Ombudsperson Underwriter
Court Reporter Paralegal Victims Advocate
Credit Investigator Park Ranger Youth Worker
Potential Employers
Airlines/Airports Courts Military

Canada Border Services Government Police Service/RCMP
Casinos/Resorts Insurance Companies Private Corporations
Correctional Facilities International Aid Organizations Social Service Agencies

Honours BA in Policing Program Curriculum
Transfer credits are offered for previous courses completed at community college, university or via
police colleges or academies. After you apply, an admissions coordinator will assess your transcripts to
determine how many transfer credits you may receive, up to a maximum of 10 credits, which is half of
the required 20 credits you need to graduate with an Honours BA in Policing.
PD100: MODELS OF POLICING (0.5 CREDIT) PD200: POLICE PSYCHOLOGY (0.5 CREDIT)
This course reviews international models of This course will introduce students to the
policing to trace the development of modern techniques used to measure and assess police
police response strategies in Canada. The course personnel, and deepen their understanding of the
traces the historical, social and political contexts on-the-job experiences that can affect the mental
surrounding the incorporation of police response health of police personnel. Students will learn
strategies over time. Students will theorize about about intelligence and personality testing, the
how the role and nature of police work differs effects of experiencing trauma and compassion
under each model of policing, and identify solutions fatigue, the importance of stress management,
to problems that modern strategies face. self-care and fit-for-duty assessments.
PD101: COMMUNICATIONS FOR POLICING PD201: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

(0.5 CREDIT) IN POLICING (0.5 CREDIT)
This course will provide an introduction to Intercultural Communication in Policing
research and theories in the field of Interpersonal introduces students to the field of intercultural
Communications and how this information relates communication in order to recognize the
to individuals inside and outside of organizations. challenges faced by law enforcement officials in
Communication skills are probably the single understanding and interpreting the behaviours,
most important skill required to be successful actions and attitudes of individuals in conflict
in organizational and in personal relationships. within their own communities, within the larger
Research has shown that effective communications community and with the law. Topics include
skills are as necessary to career advancement as postmodern theory, cultural studies, critical race
technical competence, work experience and theory, race, racism and representation.
academic qualifications. In addition, this course
focuses on building and enhancing your knowledge
in the kinds of communications skills that
employers expect.

PD202: LEADERSHIP AND CAREER PD205: PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW

DEVELOPMENT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT (0.5 CREDIT)
(0.5 CREDIT) This course will apply psychological principles
Increasingly, leadership skills, capacity and and concepts to law enforcement. Students will
awareness are needed by members of today’s law increase their competency and understanding of
enforcement organizations. This course provides interviewing, interrogation, hostage negotiation,
an overview of the leadership approaches – eyewitness testimony and offender profiling.
historical and contemporary, the role of context
in determining leadership approaches, the crucial Prerequisite: a 0.5-credit selected from the following
relationship of leadership and followership and courses: PD100, PD101, PD200,PD201, PD202
leadership strategies for building relationships and
motivating others. Self-awareness is a fundamental
element to leadership development. Through PD206: PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY ANALYSIS
self-assessments and leadership skills development (0.5 CREDIT)
exercises you will also have the opportunity to This course examines all aspects of the public
gain insights into your own leadership style – safety system from an organizational perspec-
the strength of your style and ways to enhance tive and evaluates public safety organizations in
your leadership skills and capacity. the larger environmental context. Students will
analyse external organizations, public interest,
and provincial and national policy and explore the
PD203: DIVERSITY IN POLICING (0.5 CREDIT) changing and expanding role of the public safety
Introduces students to topics to contribute to a system. Current issues will examined through
working environment that is equitable and free case studies.
of discrimination, harassment and disruptive of
systems of advantage. Students will recognize Prerequisite: a 0.5-credit selected from the follow-
and welcome the strengths of diversity within ing courses: CC291/PD291, PD100, PD101, MB109/
the force. Topics include the difference between OL109, PD200, PD201, PD202, OL224/PD224
diversity and inclusion (and the benefits of each),
hegemonic masculinity, privilege, intersectionality
and allyship.
Prerequisite: a 0.5-credit selected from the following

courses: PD100, PD101, PD200,PD201, PD202

PD300: RESEARCH METHODS I PD302: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ POLITICAL

(QUANTITATIVE METHODS) (0.5 CREDIT) STRUCTURES (0.5 CREDIT)
An introduction to statistical and geographic First Nations Political Structures introduces
research methods, with an emphasis on the students to First Nations Peoples’ laws and
understanding and use of these procedures in institutions, and criminal justice systems. In this
law enforcement. Students will become familiar course, students will gain awareness of the
with designing research questions, constructing importance of preserving Indigenous justice
hypotheses, identifying types of variables, systems. Students will develop an understanding
assessing reliability and validity, selecting appropriate of the effects of Western judicial systems and
research methods and understanding elementary the strains they create for First Nations Peoples
quantitative and spatial data analysis. relationships with Western governments.
Prerequisite: a 0.5-credit selected from the following Topics include indigenous identities, government
courses: PD100, PD101, PD200,PD201, PD202 policy implications, tensions between law
enforcement officers and Indigenous Peoples on
and off reserves, self-development and colonialism.
PD301: POLICING A COMPLEX AND DIVERSE
COMMUNITY (0.5 CREDIT) Prerequisite: PD100
Examines key historical and sociopolitical issues
in law enforcement practices to recognize their
impact on marginalized populations. Students PD303: MENTAL HEALTH, ADDICTION, AND
will expand their cultural awareness and improve CRIME (0.5 CREDIT)
intercultural communication skills to work more This course focuses on the interaction between
effectively and judiciously in a diverse community. mental health, addiction and crime as faced by
Topics include critical race theory, cultural diversity officers in the line of duty. This course exposes
and sensibility, tactical communication practices students to various mental health and substance
and racial profiling. abuse disorders using real case scenarios alongside
the students’ personal experiences. Students
Prerequisite: a 0.5-credit selected from the following will become familiar with risk assessment and
courses: PD100, PD101, PD200 management techniques, anti-drug legislation
in Canada, the Controlled Drugs and Substance
Act and legislative progress made on the War on
Drugs. By the end of this course, students will be
aware of the victimization/stigma associated with
mental health, substance abuse disorders and
criminal justice policy.
Prerequisite: one of PD100, PD101, PD200

PD304: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (0.5 CREDIT) PD306: ETHICS, CORRUPTION, AND POLICE
This course provides an in-depth analysis of issues ACCOUNTABILITY (0.5 CREDIT)
surrounding domestic violence, including gendered This course will explore contemporary issues of
power relationships, under the broader framework ethics, corruption and accountability for law
of the sociology of gender. Students will examine enforcement personnel. Specifically, this course
the various manifestations of domestic violence, will explore how police institutions, the media,
including physical, sexual, psychological, social and the public and overseeing bodies respond to
economic abuse of intimate partners, children and allegations of unethical or improper conduct by
elders. The types of interventions used to address law enforcement. Students will apply relevant
domestic violence, as well as their costs, benefits criminological theories to understand well-known
and limitations will be considered. cases of police corruption, racial profiling, noble
cause policing and use of excessive force. Students
Prerequisite: one of PD100, PD101, PD200 will understand how the powers afforded to
police may be used to both uphold and undermine
legitimate police practices.
PD305: MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND CRIME
(0.5 CREDIT) Prerequisites: PD202 and one of PD100, PD101,
This course will examine the impacts of social PD200, PD201
media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube on law enforcement and investigation
practices. Students will learn how to effectively PD400: RESEARCH METHODS II
communicate with the general public through (QUALITATIVE METHODS AND LEGAL
social media platforms. Students will be exposed RESEARCH) (0.5 CREDIT)
to the current policies and legislation dealing with This course provides students with training in
Social Media including the Freedom of Information qualitative and legal research methodologies. The
Act, protection of privacy and delivering sensitive content of this course is divided into three sections.
information. Conversely, students will be exposed The first segment is designed to introduce students
to cultural criminal theories, critical Marxist theories to the various epistemological differences between
and Foucauldian theory. In addition, students will qualitative and quantitative methodology. The
identify how real-time virtual public platforms al- second segment exposes students to qualitative
low law enforcement officials to discover, conduct research design including research ethics, theo-
and analyze evidence in solving online crimes. In retical grounding, data collection techniques and
turn, law enforcement officials will be able to use organization, interpretation and reporting of data
social platforms as agents of social control to assist findings. The third section provides students with
in reducing the amount of online/virtual deviance, the opportunity to build on their knowledge,
i.e., cyberbullying. communication and analytical skills to make
effective and legally defensible arguments.
Prerequisite: one of MB109/OL109, PD101, PD205
Prerequisite: PD300

PD401: CIVIL UNREST: THE STATE'S USE OF PD402: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND
FORCE AGAINST ITS CITIZENS (0.5 CREDIT) POLICING (0.5 CREDIT)
This course is designed to allow students to build New course description: This course examines
upon either their work experience and/or previous historical trauma and its generational impacts on
security training. In this course, students will First Nation Peoples. Students will learn from
learn how to apply use of force theory along with elders to better understand respectful ways
the basic physical skills required to de-escalate/ of practicing law enforcement in First Nations
escape, mediate or gain control of human crisis communities and with Indigenous Peoples. They
situations. Students will use a multidisciplinary will learn to engage and acknowledge the varying
theoretical approach to identify the root causes supports and integral roles law enforcement
of civil unrest and the importance of social media. officers offer in First Nations communities. The
Using case studies as examples, students will goal of this course is for law enforcement officials
learn how to communicate, manage and ensure to gain a diverse understanding of the issues that
officer safety mechanisms such as principles of face First Nations communities.
riot control that are set in place during periods
of citizens/ civil unrest. Topics include the legal Prerequisites: PD101 or PD201
provisions for the use of force, the “fleeing felon”
rule, police acts and standards and liability of
police use of force. By the end of the course,
students will have the knowledgeable and
transfer skills to control and prevent civil riots
using the appropriate force.
Prerequisites: PD203 and one of CC291/PD291,

MB109/OL109, PD100, PD101

PD403: IMMIGRATION AND CONFLICT PD404: CYBERCRIME (0.5 CREDIT)

ZONES (0.5 CREDIT) This course offers an in-depth exploration of
An emphasis will be placed on providing law the legal, social and technical issues related to
enforcement officers with the necessary skills to cybercrime within a globalized context. Emerging
recognize, accept and be mindful of ethnic, racial, legal responses to cybercrime will be discussed
gender, religious and other forms of diversity with reference to challenges facing law enforcement.
within Canada. Using current case examples, Applied issues in cybercrime will also be considered,
students will be able to understand the importance including the collection of digital forensic
of collaboration/consultation with community evidence, the preservation of rights guaranteed
agencies, stakeholders and police chiefs to under the Charter and the logistics of leading
formulate new tactical approaches to crime cybercrime investigations across international
within conflict zones. By the end of this course, jurisdictions. Relevant criminological theory will
students will have achieved the necessary skills be used to guide discussions of the methods and
to identify, address and maintain neutrality to motivations of cybercriminals.
resolve/stabilize external involvement with
marginalized populations such as people living Prerequisites: PD100 and PD305
in poverty, First Nations and ethnic minorities.
Additionally, they will have gained the necessary
skills in resolving and stabilizing personal conflict
within a multicultural workplace.
Prerequisites: PD100 and PD301

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas
The online Public Safety Graduate Diplomas are offered in five specialized areas of public safety. Our
graduate diploma offerings include: Border Strategies, Countering Crime, Emergency Management,
GIS and Data Analytics, and National Security.
Each 2-credit diploma consists of four courses and is available 100% online. Two courses are focused on
developing your foundation in public safety and two courses are focused on your chosen specialization. Each
course is 13 weeks, and individuals may earn their graduate diploma in less than 18 months.

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas
The online Public Safety Graduate Diplomas are offered in five distinct pathways within the field of
public safety. Choose from: Border Strategies; Emergency Management; Countering Crime; GIS and
Data Analytics; and National Security. Each graduate diploma is 2 credits, courses are 0.5 credit each
and run for 13 weeks.
To enter the online graduate diploma program, applicants must meet the following requirements and
submit the outlined paperwork:
■ H
ave a B average in their last five full credits/10 half credits of a 3-year undergraduate degree
■ S
ubmit all transcripts from all universities or colleges attended
■ S
ubmit a resume
■ S
ubmit two reference letters
For more information about the admissions process, visit our Admissions page or speak with an Online
Enrollment Advisor at 888-368-0345.

Transition into the Master of Public Safety Program
Each of the graduate diplomas have been designed to provide transfer credits in the online Master of
Public Safety (MPS) program. For four of the diplomas: Border Strategies; Countering Crime; Emergency
Management; and National Security, the entire two credits (four courses) can be transferred into the MPS.
For the GIS and Data Analytics Diploma, only one credit (two courses) can be transferred into the MPS.
For more information on the MPS refer to page 49 or speak with an Admissions Advisor at 888-368-0345.
Program Goals
you’ll enter a program with an established curriculum taught by faculty who have worked in the field and
promote best public safety practices that can be applied directly to your profession.
Laurier’s Master of Public Safety (MPS) program produces graduates and professionals who are able to:
■ U
nderstand the ethical, social, economic, ■ A
pply critical thinking to address public safety
emotional, psychological, political, professional, issues and manage systems
legal, historical and other overtones and issues
that inherently arise in public safety ■ I nnovate and create policies using reasoning,
problem solving and analysis
■ A
ssess and improve organizational performance
■ C
ommunicate ideas, issues and solutions to
■ I ncorporate technology and analytics in their peers and the public
necessary applications for public safety
practitioners ■ P
repare to establish themselves as safety
leaders in their chosen field or explore a new
■ M
ake evidence-based decisions career in areas such as: law enforcement,
emergency management or border security

Learning Outcomes
Below are the learning outcomes for each of the specific pathways:
Border Strategies Learning Outcomes: Countering Crime Learning Outcomes:

■ E
xamine the context, relevance, and impact of ■ I nvestigate the strategic integration of
the processes, systems, facilities, technologies, intelligence into the overall mission of
networks, assets, and services essential to the countering crime organizations to reduce
health, safety, security, and economic well- costs, create efficiencies, facilitate a supportive
being of Canadians and informed command structure, and promote
community engagement and partnerships
■ A
nalyze the strengths and limitations of
strategic planning and risk assessment in ■ F
ormulate effective strategies based on
border management and articulate solutions performance measures and evidence-based
to selected issues and problems decision making processes to link operational
performance with strategic objectives and
■ E
xplain the interconnectedness and interde- outcomes
pendency of critical infrastructure and the
impact of attacks and/or failures of these ■ E
xamine diversity in Canada, including issues
systems related to race, gender, social class, and
differentially enabled people, and how these
■ E
valuate the manner in which recent and issues are impacted by public safety policies
emerging technological advances and and procedures
instruments can be used or misused within
the context border security and immigration

Learning Outcomes
Emergency Management Learning Outcomes: GIS and Data Analytics Learning Outcomes:
■ A
nalyze the individual and interagency roles ■ E valuate theoretical positions to explain
that public safety services at all levels of the relationship between crime, emergency
government and private organizations follow incidents, natural disasters, and place
to protect citizens in times of natural and/or
human-made disasters ■ D
iscern the importance of criminological
theories upon the development, use, and
■ E
xamine the history and origins of emergency potential misuse of GIS and crime analysis
planning and management through the lens of
various public safety jurisdictions ■ A
ssess the strengths and limitations of
computer generated maps, including research,
■ D
esign solutions to the potential challenges, advancement in technology, and education
constraints, and barriers to effective and
integrated emergency planning and preparedness ■ D
etermine how community law enforcement
can be advanced through the use of spatial
risk assessments

Learning Outcomes
National Security Learning Outcomes:

■ E
xamine the complexity of national security at a global level in today’s era of heightened perception
of terrorism and international crime
■ A
ssess the expertise, methodological tools, and approaches required to understand, analyze, prevent,
disrupt, and detect crime and terrorism
■ C
ompare the roles of different institutions, including local government, judiciary, traditional
institutions, and international bodies, in restoring and maintaining security, legitimacy, and effectiveness

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum:
The online Public Safety Graduate Diplomas are 2 credits each, including 1 credit of core safety courses.
CORE COURSES
(Required For Each Graduate Diploma)
SAFE600: PUBLIC SAFETY IN CANADA Course Learning Outcomes:

This course provides advanced knowledge of the Upon completion of this course, the student will
structure, components and mandates of how be able to:
governments keep their respective citizens safe
from natural disasters, crime and terrorism. More ■ R
ecognize the historical foundations of the
specifically, this course reviews and examines how discipline of public safety
the coordination across all federal departments
and agencies responsible for the public safety of ■ Identify, interpret, and differentiate the scope,
citizens is articulated and enacted. The focus of portfolios, and sub-portfolios within the four
this course is upon the four pillars of public safety pillars of Public Safety Canada
in Canada: National Security, Border Strategies,
Countering Crime and Emergency Management. ■ D
iscuss the role and vision of the pillars of
A review and comparison of international structures Public Safety Canada and analyze their
in public safety and national security is also implementation
examined for comparative purposes.
■ C
ompare and contrast international variations
of Public Safety and National Security
■ C
ritically analyze the political, economic, and
policy factors that impact the role of public
safety in Canada
■ C
ritically analyze changes in organizational
structure that have resulted from political,
economic, and legal challenges to public safety
over the last fifty years

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum - Core Courses
SAFE601: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY Course Learning Outcomes:

PUBLIC SAFETY Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course focuses on issues in contemporary be able to:
Canadian and global public safety, including
the internal and external forces that are shaping ■ Identify and appraise current and emerging
current practices. Topics can include: challenges to public safety in the context of
professionalization; refugees and immigration; national security, border strategies, countering
migration; intercultural competencies; racism; crime, and emergency management, and
technology; fiscal restraints; the impact of social consider how these can be addressed by public
media; and training. A key component of this safety research;
course is the opportunity to critically examine
current/emerging issues facing public safety ■ E
xamine the funding models and financial
professionals. restraints impacting each of the pillars of
Public Safety Canada
■ R
ecognize and assess the role technological
advancements plays upon public safety in
Canada
■ C
ritically examine the effectiveness of public
safety organizations in Canada relative to
domestic and international challenges,
including immigration, refugees, racism,
professionalization, migration, intercultural
diversity, social media, and training
■ P
redict and formulate potential solutions
related to emerging issues that will face public
safety in Canada and abroad

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum
BORDER STRATEGIES SPECIALIZATION

COURSES
SAFE608: BEYOND THE BORDER ■ I nvestigate methods for developing the

This course details the government systems, resiliency of critical infrastructure and cyber
critical infrastructures and assets, whether security and evaluate how this can provide for
physicalor virtual—including water systems; safety and security
telecommunications; hospitals and health care;
airports and transportation hubs; nuclear and ■ C
ritically analyze how national and international
other power-generating facilities; and centres of cooperation between public safety agencies
major economic activity—in the context of public can assist or impede in the support and security
safety. Through an examination of such systems, of critical infrastructure and cyber security
learners discuss the significant implications of the
vulnerability, incapacitation, debilitation or ■ A
ssess how building public-private partnerships
destructionof such systems and/or assets on can assist government and other critical
public safety. In addition, both national and infrastructure and cyber security stakeholders
international issues of the interoperability and to protect citizens
interconnectedness of critical infrastructures are
reviewed. Furthermore, the course looks at the ■ C
ritically analyze Canada’s strategies for
Canadian approach to cybersecurity, including maximizing the benefits of the digital
strategies for maximizing the benefits of digital revolution and how they assist in the protection
technologies, and advancing the capability, of citizens from cybersecurity threats
resilience and innovation of cybersecurity.
■ I nvestigate strategies for how Canadians can
Course Learning Outcomes: better their cyber hygiene to prevent cyber-
Upon completion of this course, the student will crime and cyberwarfare from impacting critical
be able to: infrastructure
■ E
xamine the context, relevance, and impact of ■ E
xamine the policies and practices of addressing
the processes, systems, facilities, technologies, threats against national and international
networks, assets, and services essential to the assets early while simultaneously facilitating
health, safety, security, and economic well-being trade, cooperating on national and transna-
of Canadians tional criminal investigations, and protecting
economic growth and jobs
■ E
xplain the interconnectedness and interde-
pendency of critical infrastructure and the
impact of attacks and/or failures of these systems

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum - Border Strategies Specialization Courses
SAFE609: IMMIGRATION AND BORDER Course Learning Outcomes:

SECURITY Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course presents advanced-level investigative be able to:
and interior enforcement aspects of immigration
and border security, including their significance ■ C
ritically analyze the concepts and principles
to the public safety portfolio. It examines key pertaining to the structure and governance of
legislation and policies that govern international immigration and border management, including
border control, customs, trade, and immigration, the key initiatives, aims, and objectives promoted
and how these can impact the various aspects of by the public safety portfolio
border management.
■ I nterpret and apply information from various
Learners explore issues of modernization and the immigration, customs, trade, and border
use of intelligence within the border security security policies, procedures, and legislation
and immigration context. They also critically
evaluate the formulation and implementation of ■ D
econstruct and appraise the functions and
immigration and border security policy that involves implications of the investigative and
the complex integration of various factors, enforcement aspects of immigration and
such as: criminal and civil enforcement duties; border security, including the modernization
demographic trends, including migration and and use of intelligence
immigration; xenophobia; economic and political
circumstances; the illicit drug trade; trafficking in ■ S
ynthesize key findings and attributes of
humans and firearms; and the role of technology administrative approaches and best practices
in immigration and border security. relating to border management matters, such
as criminal and civil law enforcement, border
control, and immigration
■ E
xamine the manner in which recent and
emerging technological advances and
instruments can be used or misused within
the context border security and immigration
■ C
ritically analyze the strengths and limitations
of strategic planning and risk assessment in
border management and articulate solutions
to selected issues and problems

COUNTERING CRIME SPECIALIZATION

COURSES
SAFE610: INTELLIGENCE AND Course Learning Outcomes:

EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course examines the principles, public policy be able to:
issues and barriers that guide the gathering and
sharing of intelligence in countering crime, and ■ E
valuate existing policing models in relation
the potential value provided through effective to their capacity to mobilize intelligence to
policing strategies and enforcement. Learners facilitate effective operations
analyze what intelligence is; define criminal
organizations; identify linkages and activities; and ■ I nvestigate the strategic integration of
investigate the impact of criminal organizations intelligence into the overall mission of
on domestic crime and community safety. Learners countering crime organizations to reduce
also compare and evaluate existing policing costs, create efficiencies, facilitate a supportive
models and the capacity to effectively address and informed command structure, and promote
the gathering and analyzing of intelligence and community engagement and partnerships
evidence to facilitate effective operations, as well
as the planning and deploying of police resources. ■ C
reate investigative strategies by correlating
The interoperability between crime-fighting and analyzing data from disparate sources,
agencies within the criminal justice system, then applying the results to anticipate,
including international cross-border, national and prevent, and respond effectively to future
local organizations is critiqued. organized crime
Learners compare and contrast data verification ■ E

xamine international, national, and local
techniques, sources of data and implications of collaborative concepts and models between
use and misuse, through leveraging analytics to law enforcement, the justice system, and the
reduce policing costs, create efficiencies, facilitate public stakeholders
a supportive and informed command structure,
and promote community engagement and ■ F
partnerships. The importance of measuring performance measures and evidence-based
performance for accountability and evidence-based decision making processes to link operational
decision making in the quest for continuous performance with strategic objectives and
improvement will also be discussed. outcomes
■ A
nalyze the potential ethical challenges to
gathering and sharing of intelligence resulting
from public policy, statutory regulations, and
privacy issues

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum - Countering Crime Specialization Courses
SAFE611: DIVERSE COMMUNITIES Course Learning Outcomes:

Diversity is a critical social element in the effective Upon completion of this course, the student will
leadership and operations of a police agency. be able to:
This course offers theoretical and practical skills
necessary for identifying social diversity within ■ E
Canadian communities, as well as the characteristics related to race, gender, social class, and
of those groups that present special needs with differentially enabled people, and how these
respect to policing and public safety. Identifying issues are impacted by public safety policies
and assessing these needs within a police/public and procedures
safety context will enable leaders to better protect
and work within their respective communities. In ■ E
xamine the evolution of systemic and
that regard, this course examines the idea that, as individual discrimination in Canadian society
the demographics and dynamics of a community and how they are reflected in policing
change, so do the ways in which the community organizations
should be policed. It also addresses social, legal
and ethical matters related to diversity and ■ I nterpret the legal and ethical responsibilities
indigenous peoples, as well as how these issues of police personnel and recommend appropriate
are handled in the criminal justice system. In application of provincial and federal legislation
particular, this course explores perspectives on and case law related to diversity issues and
"justice," including criminal, restorative and social. human rights
Students will complete the course with advanced
knowledge of immigration and integration patterns ■ E
valuate personal values and assumptions
in Canada, the difficulties that people of marginalized about diversity issues and professional police
and vulnerable groups face in society in general, conduct
and alternative measures to confront these issues
in the justice system. Overall, students build on ■ F
ormulate and defend responses to changes
and expand their ethical capacities and sensitivities in demographics and the social environment
to deal with diversity in a proactive and professional in order to embrace and implement the
manner. necessary strategic and tactical evolutions in
policing
■ D
ebate the relationship between the embrace
of diversity and the legitimacy of the police
agency

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIZATION COURSES
SAFE612: INTERAGENCY DISASTER Course Learning Outcomes:

MANAGEMENT Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course deconstructs and evaluates the roles be able to:
that public safety services play in responding
to mass disaster scenes and other interagency ■ A
nalyze the individual and interagency roles
cooperation issues/scenarios. Issues pertaining to that public safety services at all levels of
scene control, preparedness, response priorities, government and private organizations follow
risk mitigation and tiered response systems to protect citizens in times of natural and/or
among fire, police, EMS services, military and human-made disasters
other services are addressed via a theoretical
approach, as well as through case studies. Each ■ D
esign and debate solutions for issues related
service has its own unique training, education, to the interconnectedness and interoperability
policies and expertise, and as a result, requires of public safety services and command
critical review and comparison. For example, mass personnel at a mass disaster scene
disasters occur in diverse contexts with diverse
outcomes; therefore, the need to address all that ■ P
repare and evaluate action plans for scene
has happened, or inevitably will happen, from a control, resources, tiered responses, and risk
variety of perspectives requires intense investigation, mitigation at a mass disaster scene
review of best practices, and a review of the
research on evidence-based interventions. ■ E
xamine the need for disaster preparedness
to reduce a community’s risk to natural and/
or human-made disasters, including reducing
critical infrastructure vulnerabilities
■ A
ssess the unique training, education, policies,
and expertise of response services, including
a review of best practices and evidence-based
interventions

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum -
Emergency Management Specialization Courses
SAFE613: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Course Learning Outcomes:

PLANNING Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course provides a comprehensive, all-hazards be able to:
and multidisciplinary approach to contemporary
emergency management. Students consider ■ E
xamine the history and origins of emergency
emergency planning, management history and planning and management through the lens of
evolution, theoretical concepts, and technologies. various public safety jurisdictions
Students deconstruct components of an effective
and integrated emergency management program, ■ P
rioritize and apply fundamental risk assessment
including: assessing risk; developing strategies; concepts and strategies to contemporary
planning concepts, techniques and methods; scenarios
coordinating multi-agency responses; and managing
crises. Case studies engage students in critical ■ E
xamine multi-agency public safety roles,
analysis through an all-hazards lens, deliberating responsibilities, and jurisdictions in response
multi-agency public safety roles and responsibilities to complex incidents through all phases of an
in the four-stage response to disaster (preparedness, emergency
emergency planning, mitigation response and
recovery) and considering the concept of resiliency. ■ A
nalyze and design solutions to the potential
challenges, constraints, and barriers to
effective and integrated emergency planning
and preparedness
■ I ntegrate concepts of resiliency into

emergency plans as a means to ensure
long-term sustainability
■ F
ormulate effective strategies for achieving a
comprehensive and integrated multi-agency
emergency management program

GIS AND DATA ANALYTICS SPECIALIZATION

COURSES
SAFE614: GIS AND DATA ANALYTICS Course Learning Outcomes:

This course provides advanced-level geospatial Upon completion of this course, the student will
and intelligence components. The focus of this be able to:
course is to provide the learner with the theoretical
and advanced application levels of how geographic ■ E
valuate theoretical positions to explain
information systems provide data that can be the relationship between crime, emergency
transformed into actionable intelligence. Learners incidents, natural disasters, and place
develop the necessary skills to access, analyze
and communicate real-time information in order ■ Interpret
key research that is founded in
to support intelligence-led and evidence-based spatial analytics and geospatial variables
responses by public safety personnel. Further,
this course is designed to encourage students to ■ Assess
the importance of criminological
critically analyze how social issues and factors theories upon the development, use, and
relate to the outputs of geospatial intelligence potential misuse of GIS and crime analysis
and the potential ethical challenges of how these
outputs may be misused or misapplied. ■ C
ritically examine how awareness space,
target backcloth, journey to crime, and
geographical profiling contributes to
intelligence-led and evidence-based law
enforcement and community public safety
■ E
valuate and critique the contributions of
Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED) to GIS, geospatial analytics,
and social issues
■ A
nalyze linkages between GIS and community
and public safety partnerships, such as law
enforcement, emergency services, national
security, critical infrastructure protection,
search and rescue, border security, corrections,
and mobile public safety

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum -
GIS and Data Analytics Specialization Courses
SAFE615: GIS, CRIME MAPPING AND RTM Course Learning Outcomes:

Building upon the theoretical and geospatial Upon completion of this course, the student will
components found within the GIS and Data be able to:
Analytics course, students develop the
comprehensive skills necessary to analyze and ■ S
ynthesize qualitative and quantitative data
synthesize information affecting the relationship into comprehensible visualizations and maps
between criminal activities, geography and spatial illustrating evolving crime patterns
dynamics, technological advancements, and the
role of crime mapping in relation to public safety ■ U
tilize cartographic principles to generate
methodologies. Through case studies and hands-on useful maps based upon the type of data
exercises, students explore the practical applications available and the questions about criminal
of geographic information systems and tools, behaviour that need to be addressed
and learn how to leverage data from various
sources for tactical operations, community law ■ M
easure the appropriate use of several types
enforcement, strategic planning, crime analysis of crime analysis tools, such as hotspot and
and spatial modelling. Furthermore, students will thematic mapping, comparative case analysis,
assess the strengths and limitations of computer- transitions and temporal analysis, and spatial
generated maps and data to perform spatial risk risk assessment modeling in relation to social
assessments and evaluate the spatial factors and factors that contribute to criminogenic
subsequent risks that can influence the seriousness neighbourhoods
and longevity of vulnerable crime areas at the
micro-level. ■ C
onstruct strategic models that illustrate
the functionality of crime mapping software,
including where and when incidents are likely
to emerge, how to best allocate resources, and
engage in steps necessary to reduce risks and
prevent crime
■ E
valuate the spatial dynamics of crime that
can influence the seriousness and longevity of
vulnerable crime areas at the micro-level
■ A
ssess the strengths and limitations of
computer generated maps, including research,
advancement in technology, and education
■ A
ssess how community law enforcement can
be advanced through the use of spatial risk
assessments

NATIONAL SECURITY SPECIALIZATION
SAFE 606 INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW Course Learning Outcomes:

This course examines the concept and core Upon completion of this course, the student will
principles of the rule of law. It examines the be able to:
fundamental aspects required to ensure adherence
to the rule of law, including equality before the ■ E
xamine the concept of the ‘Rule of Law’ and
law, reliability of the justice system, fairness in critique its fundamental principles;
the application of the law, transparency and
equal access to justice. It also explores the major ■ A
nalyze the impact that justice systems can
impediments to the rule of law, such as impunity have on the breakdown of the Rule of Law and
and corruption, war crimes and genocide, human why justice reform matters
rights violations, discrimination and political
abuse, among others. Students examine how the ■ C
ompare the roles of different institutions,
rule of law breaks down in societies in conflict including local government, judiciary, tradi-
and how the different actors in the justice system, tional institutions, and international bodies, in
including security, police, the judiciary, lawyers restoring and maintaining security, legitimacy,
and civil society, have to work together to rebuild and effectiveness
the rule of law and society's faith in the justice
system. Historic injustices and the mechanisms to ■ E
valuate legal systems and cultures, such as
address them to ensure the continued development civil law and customary justice systems, and
of peace and national reconciliation will also be the differing approaches that may be required
examined. to establish the Rule of Law
■ D
ifferentiate factors in the political economic
context that may influence state and local
institutions in their ability and willingness to
establish, maintain, and restore the Rule
of Law
■ A
nalyze challenges and major impediments
to the Rule of Law and develop and debate
proposals for potential solutions

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas Curriculum - National Security Specialization
SAFE607: INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND Course Learning Outcomes:

TERRORISM Upon completion of this course, the student will
With the perceived increase in violence perpetrated be able to:
by extremist groups, there has been a dramatic
shift in the nature, study and practices of public ■ E
xamine the complexity of national security
safety. Against a background of intensifying at a global level in today’s era of heightened
economic, political, cultural and military global- perception of terrorism and international
ization, there is now a heightened perception of crime
terrorism and international organized crime as
threats to global security. This course critically ■ D
emonstrate a critical and informed
analyzes the features of these respective threats understanding of the origins, nature, and
and explores the challenges to public safety both development of terrorism in the modern
in Canada and abroad. It offers the advanced context
expertise, methodological tools, and approaches
required to determine the validity of and to ■ C
ritically analyze the extent and economic,
understand, analyze, prevent, disrupt and detect political, and cultural impacts of terrorism and
crime and terrorism. It also provides evaluative international crime
tools for critiquing, from a global perspective,
those areas of weakness that are hampering the ■ D
ebate the effectiveness of national security
state’s ability to address issues of terrorism and techniques used to detect and disrupt
international crime. international crime and terrorism
■ A
ssess the expertise, methodological tools,
and approaches required to understand,
analyze, prevent, disrupt, and detect crime
and terrorism
■ E
valuate the current tools and design solutions
for the areas of weakness that are hampering
the state’s ability to address issues of terrorism
and international crime

Master of Public Safety
The Master of Public Safety (MPS) degree is a 4 credit program. Each course in the Master of Public
Safety Program is 13 weeks long. In addition to the core courses, students may choose to focus on one
of four pillars: Border Strategies; Countering Crime; Emergency Management; or National Security.
Individuals can earn their degrees in approximately 32 months of part-time study.

Master of Public Safety
The Master of Public Safety (MPS) degree is a 4 credit program, consisting of eight courses. Six courses
focus on developing your foundations in public safety and two courses focused on a chosen pathway.
The pathways offered are: Border Strategies, Countering Crime, Emergency Management, and National
Security. Each course is 13 weeks, and individuals can complete their degree in approximately 2 years
and 8 months of part-time study.
To enter the online Master of Public Safety (MPS) program, applicants must meet the following
requirements and submit the outlined paperwork:
■ H
ave a B average in their last 5 full credits/10 half credits of a 4-year undergraduate degree
■ S
ubmit all transcripts from all universities or colleges attended
■ P
repare a statement of intent
■ S
ubmit a resume
■ S
ubmit two reference letters
Interested applicants who do not meet the academic requirements above, but who have significant work
experience in public safety are encouraged to speak with an Online Enrollment Advisor to discuss their
situation, including possible upgrading opportunities.
For more information about the admissions process, visit our Admissions page or speak with an Online
Enrollment Advisor at 888-368-0345.

Program Goals
you’ll enter a program with an established curriculum taught by faculty who have worked in the field and
promote best public safety practices that can be applied directly to your profession. Laurier’s Master of
Public Safety (MPS) program produces graduates and professionals who are able to:
■ U
nderstand the ethical, social, economic, ■ A
pply critical thinking to address public safety
emotional, psychological, political, professional, issues and manage systems
legal, historical and other overtones and issues
that inherently arise in public safety ■ I nnovate and create policies using reasoning,
problem solving and analysis
■ A
ssess and improve organizational performance
■ C
ommunicate ideas, issues and solutions to
■ I ncorporate technology and analytics in their peers and the public
necessary applications for public safety
practitioners ■ P
repare to establish themselves as safety
leaders in their chosen field or explore a new
■ M
ake evidence-based decisions career in areas such as: law enforcement,
emergency management or border security

Master of Public Safety Curriculum:
REQUIRED CORE COURSES SPECIALIZATIONS

■ S
AFE600: Public Safety in Canada (0.5 credits) Border Strategies
■ S
AFE601: Issues in Contemporary Public Safety ■ S
AFE608: Beyond the Border (0.5 credits)
(0.5 credits) ■ S
AFE609: Immigration and Border Security
■ S
AFE602: Public Safety Administration (0.5 credits)
(0.5 credits)
■ S
AFE603: Intelligence and Analytics in Countering Crime
Public Safety (0.5 credits) ■ S
AFE610: Intelligence and Evidence-Based
■ S
AFE604: Leadership and Ethics in Decision Making (0.5 credits)
Public Safety (0.5 credits) ■ SAFE611:
Diverse Communities (0.5 credits)
■ S
AFE605: Research Methods and
Statistical Analysis in Public Safety (0.5 credits) Emergency Management
■ S
AFE612: Interagency Disaster Management
(0.5 credits)
■ S
AFE613: Emergency Management Planning
(0.5 credits)
National Security
■ S
AFE606: International Rule of Law
(0.5 credits)
■ S
AFE607: International Crime and Terrorism
(0.5 credits)

Course Descriptions:
SAFE600: PUBLIC SAFETY IN CANADA Course Learning Outcomes:

This course provides advanced knowledge of the Upon completion of this course, the student will
structure, components and mandates of how be able to:
governments keep their respective citizens safe
from natural disasters, crime and terrorism. More ■ R
ecognize the historical foundations of the
specifically, this course reviews and examines how discipline of public safety
the coordination across all federal departments
and agencies responsible for the public safety of ■ Identify, interpret, and differentiate the scope,
citizens is articulated and enacted. The focus of portfolios, and sub-portfolios within the four
this course is upon the four pillars of public safety pillars of Public Safety Canada
in Canada: National Security, Border Strategies,
Countering Crime and Emergency Management. ■ D
iscuss the role and vision of the pillars of
A review and comparison of international structures Public Safety Canada and analyze their
in public safety and national security is also implementation
examined for comparative purposes.
■ C
ompare and contrast international variations
of Public Safety and National Security
■ C
ritically analyze the political, economic, and
policy factors that impact the role of public
safety in Canada
■ C
ritically analyze changes in organizational
structure that have resulted from political,
economic, and legal challenges to public safety
over the last fifty years

Course Descriptions
SAFE601: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY Course Learning Outcomes:

This course focuses on issues in contemporary be able to:
Canadian and global public safety, including
the internal and external forces that are shaping ■ Identify and appraise current and emerging
current practices. Topics can include: challenges to public safety in the context of
professionalization; refugees and immigration; national security, border strategies, countering
migration; intercultural competencies; racism; crime, and emergency management, and
technology; fiscal restraints; the impact of social consider how these can be addressed by public
media; and training. A key component of this safety research
course is the opportunity to critically examine
current/emerging issues facing public safety ■ E
xamine the funding models and financial
professionals. restraints impacting each of the pillars of
Public Safety Canada
■ R
ecognize and assess the role technological
advancements plays upon public safety in
Canada
■ C
ritically examine the effectiveness of public
safety organizations in Canada relative to
domestic and international challenges,
including immigration, refugees, racism,
professionalization, migration, intercultural
diversity, social media, and training
■ P
redict and formulate potential solutions
related to emerging issues that will face public
safety in Canada and abroad

Course Descriptions
SAFE602: PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Course Learning Outcomes:

Drawing upon theories and research findings Upon completion of this course, the student will
in public administration and management, this be able to:
course examines administrative approaches,
issues and debates arising in public safety ■ C
ritically examine administrative, financial,
organizations and governments in a changing and human resource strategies, approaches,
environment. Students learn how the complex and issues in public safety programs and
and unstable environment of public safety organizations;
organizations produces both challenges and
opportunities for public safety managers, and they ■ P
ractice effective leadership techniques,
work through case materials that require them including informed decision making, goal
to apply insights from management and public orientation, program evaluation, teamwork,
administration literature to real-world public ethical behavior, and strategic planning;
safety settings. Topics include: strategic planning;
program evaluation; organizational learning and ■ U
se effective communication strategies for
development; interoperability; cultural diversity; different audiences, including intergovernmental,
and leadership and decision-making skills in public interagency, and interdisciplinary public safety
safety environments. partners;
■ E
valuate and develop concise policy, plans,
and procedures to support public safety
administration; and
■ I nvestigate and critique strategies for

creating a positive professional environment
that supports cultural diversity, innovation,
organizational values, and professional
integrity

Course Descriptions
SAFE603: INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYTICS IN Course Learning Outcomes:

This strategic-level course analyzes and evaluates be able to:
the intelligence function within the Canadian
public safety context, with a focus on federal and ■ D
escribe and discuss the doctrinal intelligence
provincial levels. It examines established intelligence function as it is applied in Canada and selected
doctrine and practices within the four mandated countries
areas of Public Safety Canada: national security,
border strategies, countering crime and emergency ■ C
ritically analyze applications of the intelli-
management. This course examines the fundamental gence process at the federal and provincial
and foundational intelligence concepts and an- levels in all four mandated sectors of Public
alyzes how intelligence is directed within public Safety Canada;
safety sectors. Modern data and information
collection techniques, including traditional and ■ E
valuate the process of intelligence direction
modern technological means are explored. at the federal and provincial levels;
Contemporary intelligence analysis and assessment
practices are analyzed, highlighting the growing ■ E
xamine modern data and information col-
impact of modern predictive analytics. Various lection techniques, including traditional and
challenges and methods of intelligence dissemination modern technological means;
among government departments and agencies,
as well as with private sector entities, are also ■ A
nalyze and debate modern practices of
evaluated. Of particular importance to our intelligence analysis and assessment,
modern liberal democratic society, this course including the growing impact of modern
also analyzes issues of intelligence responsibility, predictive analysis;
accountability, oversight and review, highlighting
lessons learned and corrective measures established. ■ E
xamine various challenges and methods of
intelligence dissemination among government
departments and agencies and private sector
entities; and
■ I nvestigate issues of intelligence responsibility,

accountability, oversight, and review by
examining relevant federal legislation and
commissions of inquiry, drawing out lessons
learned, and examining corrective measures
taken.

Course Descriptions
SAFE604: LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS IN Course Learning Outcomes:

This course provides an intermediate treatment be able to:
of major theories of leadership and their application.
Topics to be covered may include: leading effective ■ A
ppraise and apply major theories of
and culturally diverse teams; organizational leadership to real-life and culturally diverse
decision-making; change management; ethics situations
and leadership; and succession planning. Students
will be required to discuss case studies with other ■ E
xamine the theories of ethics, including
students and the instructor, and to practice their meta-ethics, normative ethics, and applied
own leadership skills through exercises, such as ethics theory, in the context of public safety
responses to scenarios, reflections on previous leadership and administration
experiences and/or presentations.
■ C
ritically assess the requirement, responsibilities,
and consequences of effective leadership
■ E
xamine how cultural diversity impacts
leadership styles
■ P
ractice leadership approaches that capitalize
on interpersonal relationships, transparent
interactions, innovations, and improvements
■ A
nalyze theories and issues related to
organizational decision making, change
management, and succession planning

Course Descriptions
SAFE605: RESEARCH METHODS AND ■ C

ritically analyze how experiments, survey
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC SAFETY research, and post-incident qualitative
This course offers advanced qualitative and interviewing can contribute to the protection
quantitative research methods for public safety of people, places, and things within the
research. An examination of topics such as ethics; context of public safety portfolios
research design; operationalization and measurement
of variables; sampling; surveying; interviewing; ■ D
escribe how researchers describe univariate
content analysis; qualitative analytical software data, including frequency distributions,
use; and interpreting data are reviewed. This descriptive statistics, normality, percentiles,
course also focuses on the common tools utilized and standard scores
to analyze quantitative outputs, charts and
statistical comparisons, as well as critical reviews ■ D
iscuss how researchers utilize correlation
of methodology in policy, program analysis and coefficients and linear regressions to explain
data found within the sphere of public safety. In how predictions can be made from one
addition, this course examines the advantages variable to another
and shortcomings of each method and the
appropriateness of each process for research in ■ D
iscuss how researchers in public safety can
the public safety realm, including careful description, utilize inferential statistics such as t-tests,
overview and application of the varied options, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Multiple
in order to place the learner on the path to self- Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), and
and guided-research within the social-scientific Chi-Square to test hypotheses
paradigm of real-world threats to public safety,
national security, and the potential impact on ■ U
tilize common tools to analyze quantitative
individual rights and freedoms. outputs, charts, statistical comparisons, and
data in policy and program analysis
Course Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will
be able to:
■ E
xamine the advantages and shortcomings of
research methods and their appropriateness
for research in the public safety realm
■ D
esign a research project for public safety
purpose, including appropriate elements such
as sampling, surveying, literature review,
interviewing, content analysis, data analysis,
and software use

Border Strategies Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE608: BEYOND THE BORDER ■ I nvestigate methods for developing the

This course details the government systems, resiliency of critical infrastructure and cyber
critical infrastructures and assets, whether security and evaluate how this can provide for
physical or virtual—including water systems; safety and security
telecommunications; hospitals and health care;
airports and transportation hubs; nuclear and ■ C
ritically analyze how national and international
other power-generating facilities; and centres of cooperation between public safety agencies
major economic activity—in the context of public can assist or impede in the support and security
safety. Through an examination of such systems, of critical infrastructure and cyber security
learners discuss the significant implications of the
vulnerability, incapacitation, debilitation or ■ A
ssess how building public-private partnerships
destruction of such systems and/or assets on can assist government and other critical
public safety. In addition, both national and infrastructure and cyber security stakeholders
international issues of the interoperability and to protect citizens
interconnectedness of critical infrastructures are
reviewed. Furthermore, the course looks at the ■ C
ritically analyze Canada’s strategies for
Canadian approach to cybersecurity, including maximizing the benefits of the digital
strategies for maximizing the benefits of digital revolution and how they assist in the protection
technologies, and advancing the capability, of citizens from cyber security threats
resilience and innovation of cybersecurity.
■ I nvestigate strategies for how Canadians can
Course Learning Outcomes: better their cyber hygiene to prevent cyber-
Upon completion of this course, the student will crime and cyberwarfare from impacting critical
be able to: infrastructure
■ E
xamine the context, relevance, and impact of ■ E
xamine the policies and practices of addressing
the processes, systems, facilities, technologies, threats against national and international
networks, assets, and services essential to the assets early while simultaneously facilitating
health, safety, security, and economic well- trade, cooperating on national and transnational
being of Canadians criminal investigations, and protecting economic
growth and jobs
■ E
xplain the interconnectedness and
interdependency of critical infrastructure and
the impact of attacks and/or failures of these
systems

Border Strategies Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE609: IMMIGRATION AND BORDER ■ D

econstruct and appraise the functions
SECURITY and implications of the investigative and
This course presents advanced-level investigative enforcement aspects of immigration and
and interior enforcement aspects of immigration border security, including the modernization
and border security, including their significance and use of intelligence
to the public safety portfolio. It examines key
legislation and policies that govern international ■ S
ynthesize key findings and attributes of
border control, customs, trade and immigration, administrative approaches and best practices
and how these can impact the various aspects of relating to border management matters, such
border management. as criminal and civil law enforcement, border
control, and immigration
Learners explore issues of modernization and the
use of intelligence within the border security ■ E
xamine the manner in which recent and
and immigration context. They also critically emerging technological advances and
evaluate the formulation and implementation instruments can be used or misused within
of immigration and border security policy that the context border security and immigration
involves the complex integration of various
factors, such as: criminal and civil enforcement ■ C
ritically analyze the strengths and limitations
duties; demographic trends, including migration of strategic planning and risk assessment in
and immigration; xenophobia; economic and border management and articulate solutions
political circumstances; the illicit drug trade; to selected issues and problems.
trafficking in humans and firearms; and the role of
technology in immigration and border security.
Course Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the student will
be able to:
■ C
ritically analyze the concepts and principles
pertaining to the structure and governance
of immigration and border management,
including the key initiatives, aims, and objectives
promoted by the public safety portfolio
■ I nterpret and apply information from various

immigration, customs, trade, and border
security policies, procedures, and legislation

Countering Crime Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE610: INTELLIGENCE AND Course Learning Outcomes:

EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course examines the principles, public policy be able to:
issues and barriers that guide the gathering and
sharing of intelligence in countering crime, and ■ E
valuate existing policing models in relation
the potential value provided through effective to their capacity to mobilize intelligence to
policing strategies and enforcement. Learners facilitate effective operations
will: analyze what intelligence is; define criminal
organizations; identify linkages and activities; ■ I nvestigate the strategic integration of
and investigate the impact of criminal organizations intelligence into the overall mission of
on domestic crime and community safety. Learners countering crime organizations to reduce
also compare and evaluate existing policing costs, create efficiencies, facilitate a supportive
models and the capacity to effectively address and informed command structure, and
the gathering and analyzing of intelligence and promote community engagement and
evidence to facilitate effective operations, as well partnerships
as the planning and deploying of police resources.
The interoperability between crime-fighting ■ C
reate investigative strategies by correlating
agencies within the criminal justice system, and analyzing data from disparate sources,
including international cross-border, national then applying the results to anticipate,
and local organizations, is critiqued. prevent, and respond effectively to future
organized crime
Learners compare and contrast data verification
techniques, sources of data and implications of ■ E
xamine international, national, and local
use and misuse, through leveraging analytics to collaborative concepts and models between
reduce policing costs, create efficiencies, facilitate law enforcement, the justice system, and the
a supportive and informed command structure, public stakeholders
and promote community engagement and
partnerships. The importance of measuring ■ F
performance for accountability and evidence- performance measures and evidence-based
based decision making in the quest for continuous decision making processes to link operational
improvement will also be discussed. performance with strategic objectives and
outcomes
■ A
nalyze the potential ethical challenges to
gathering and sharing of intelligence resulting
from public policy, statutory regulations, and
privacy issues

Countering Crime Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE611: DIVERSE COMMUNITIES Course Learning Outcomes:

Diversity is a critical social element in the Upon completion of this course, the student will
effective leadership and operations of a police be able to:
agency. This course offers theoretical and practical
skills necessary for identifying social diversity ■ E
within Canadian communities, as well as the related to race, gender, social class, and
characteristics of those groups that present differentially enabled people, and how these
special needs with respect to policing and public issues are impacted by public safety policies
safety. Identifying and assessing these needs and procedures
within a police/public safety context will enable
leaders to better protect and work within their ■ E
xamine the evolution of systemic and
respective communities. In that regard, this individual discrimination in Canadian society
course examines the idea that, as the demographics and how they are reflected in policing
and dynamics of a community change, so do the organizations
ways in which the community should be policed.
It also addresses social, legal and ethical matters ■ I nterpret the legal and ethical responsibilities
related to diversity and indigenous peoples, as of police personnel and recommend appropriate
well as how these issues are handled in the criminal application of provincial and federal legislation
justice system. In particular, this course explores and case law related to diversity issues and
perspectives on "justice," including criminal, human rights
restorative and social. Students will complete the
course with advanced knowledge of immigration ■ E
valuate personal values and assumptions
and integration patterns in Canada, the difficulties about diversity issues and professional police
that people of marginalized and vulnerable conduct
groups face in society in general, and alternative
measures to confront these issues in the justice ■ F
ormulate and defend responses to changes
system. Overall, students will build on and expand in demographics and the social environment
their ethical capacities and sensitivities to deal in order to embrace and implement the
with diversity in a proactive and professional necessary strategic and tactical evolutions in
manner. policing
■ D
ebate the relationship between the embrace
of diversity and the legitimacy of the police
agency

Emergency Management Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE612: INTERAGENCY DISASTER Course Learning Outcomes:

MANAGEMENT Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course deconstructs and evaluates the roles be able to:
that public safety services play in responding
to mass disaster scenes and other interagency ■ A
nalyze the individual and interagency roles
cooperation issues/scenarios. Issues pertaining to that public safety services at all levels of
scene control, preparedness, response priorities, government and private organizations follow
risk mitigation, and tiered response systems to protect citizens in times of natural and/or
amongst fire, police, EMS services, military, and human-made disasters
other services are addressed via both a theoretical
approach, as well as a case study approach. Each ■ D
esign and debate solutions for issues related
service has its own unique training, education, to the interconnectedness and interoperability
policies, and expertise, and, as a result, requires of public safety services and command personnel
critical review and comparison. For example, mass at a mass disaster scene
disasters occur in diverse contexts with diverse
outcomes; therefore, the need to address all ■ P
repare and evaluate action plans for scene
that has happened or inevitably will happen control, resources, tiered responses, and risk
from a variety of perspectives requires intense mitigation at a mass disaster scene
investigation, review of best practices, and review
of research of evidence-based interventions. ■ E
xamine the need for disaster preparedness
to reduce a community’s risk to natural and/
or human-made disasters, including reducing
critical infrastructure vulnerabilities
■ A
ssess the unique training, education, policies,
and expertise of response services, including
a review of best practices and evidence-based
interventions

Emergency Management Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE613: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Course Learning Outcomes:

PLANNING Upon completion of this course, the student will
This course provides a comprehensive, all-hazards be able to:
and multidisciplinary approach to contemporary
emergency management. Students consider ■ E
xamine the history and origins of emergency
emergency planning, management history and planning and management through the lens of
evolution, theoretical concepts, and technologies. various public safety jurisdictions
Students deconstruct components of an effective
and integrated emergency management program, ■ P
rioritize and apply fundamental risk assessment
including: assessing risk; developing strategies; concepts and strategies to contemporary
planning concepts, techniques and methods; scenarios
coordinating multi-agency responses; and managing
crises. Case studies engage students in critical ■ E
xamine multi-agency public safety roles,
analysis through an all-hazards lens, deliberating responsibilities, and jurisdictions in response
multi-agency public safety roles and responsibilities to complex incidents through all phases of an
in the four-stage response to disaster (preparedness, emergency
emergency planning, mitigation response and
recovery) and considering the concept of resiliency. ■ A
nalyze and design solutions to the potential
challenges, constraints, and barriers to effective
and integrated emergency planning and
preparedness
■ I ntegrate concepts of resiliency into

emergency plans as a means to ensure
long-term sustainability
■ F
ormulate effective strategies for achieving a
comprehensive and integrated multi-agency
emergency management program

National Security Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE606: INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW Course Learning Outcomes:

This course examines the concept and core Upon completion of this course, the student will
principles of the rule of law. It examines the be able to:
fundamental aspects required to ensure
adherence to the rule of law, including equality ■ E
xamine the concept of the ‘Rule of Law’ and
before the law, reliability of the justice system, critique its fundamental principles;
fairness in the application of the law, transparency
and equal access to justice. It also explores the ■ A
nalyze the impact that justice systems can
major impediments to the rule of law, such as have on the breakdown of the Rule of Law and
impunity and corruption, war crimes and genocide, why justice reform matters
human rights violations, discrimination and political
abuse, among others. Students examine how the ■ C
ompare the roles of different institutions,
rule of law breaks down in societies in conflict, including local government, judiciary, traditional
and how the different actors in the justice system, institutions, and international bodies, in
including security, police, the judiciary, lawyers restoring and maintaining security, legitimacy,
and civil society, have to work together to rebuild and effectiveness
the rule of law and society's faith in the justice
system. Historic injustices and the mechanisms to ■ E
valuate legal systems and cultures, such as
address them to ensure the continued development civil law and customary justice systems, and
of peace and national reconciliation will also be the differing approaches that may be required
examined. to establish the Rule of Law
■ D
ifferentiate factors in the political economic
context that may influence state and local
institutions in their ability and willingness to
establish, maintain, and restore the Rule of Law
■ A
nalyze challenges and major impediments
to the Rule of Law and develop and debate
proposals for potential solutions

National Security Pillar - Course Descriptions
SAFE607: INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND Course Learning Outcomes:

TERRORISM Upon completion of this course, the student will
With the perceived increase in violence perpetrated be able to:
by extremist groups, there has been a dramatic
shift in the nature, study and practices of public ■ E
xamine the complexity of national security
safety. Against a background of intensifying at a global level in today’s era of heightened
economic, political, cultural and military perception of terrorism and international
globalization, there is now a heightened perception crime
of terrorism and international organized crime as
threats to global security. This course critically ■ D
emonstrate a critical and informed
analyzes the features of these respective threats understanding of the origins, nature, and
and explores the challenges to public safety, both development of terrorism in the modern
in Canada and abroad. It offers the advanced context
expertise, methodological tools, and approaches
required to determine the validity of and to ■ C
ritically analyze the extent and economic,
understand, analyze, prevent, disrupt, and detect political, and cultural impacts of terrorism and
crime and terrorism. It also provides evaluative international crime
tools for critiquing, from a global perspective,
those areas of weakness that are hampering the ■ D
ebate the effectiveness of national
state’s ability to address issues of terrorism and security techniques used to detect and disrupt
international crime. international crime and terrorism
■ A
ssess the expertise, methodological tools,
and approaches required to understand,
analyze, prevent, disrupt, and detect crime
and terrorism
■ E
valuate the current tools and design solutions
for the areas of weakness that are hampering
the state’s ability to address issues of terrorism
and international crime

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■ Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in ■ Border Strategies

03 | Message from the President

06 | Tuition and Financial Aid

07 | Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in

20 | Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing

31 | Public Safety Graduate Diplomas

49 | Master of Public Safety

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These words are at the heart of the university’s

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Our students study in two physical campuses,

LAURIER CORE VALUES OUR MISSION

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TUITION FINANCIAL AID

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Career Options for Criminology and Policing Graduates

Addictions Counsellor Crime Reporter Parole/Probation Officer

Airlines/Airports Courts Military

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CC100: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY OL224/PD224: ORGANIZATIONAL

Exclusion: PD202 6 week

Exclusion: PD101 6 week

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PD201: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PD205: PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW

PD203: DIVERSITY IN POLICING CC291/PD291: INTRODUCTION TO POLICING

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OL233/HS233/CC233: INTRODUCTION TO PD301: POLICING A COMPLEX AND DIVERSE

Exclusion: PD300 6 week Prerequisite: CC291/PD291

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Prerequisite: One of CC291/PD291, OL109,

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Prerequisites: PD203 and one of CC291/PD291,

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PD402: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND PD404: CYBERCRIME

PD403: IMMIGRATION AND CONFLICT ZONES

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CC100: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY CC290: THEORIES OF CRIME I

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CC327: STATISTICS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND OL233/HS233/CC233: INTRODUCTION TO

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CC426/PD426 QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES CC291/PD291: INTRODUCTION TO POLICING

Prerequisite: CC100 or CC102, senior student

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Career Options for Honours BA in Policing Graduates

Addictions Counsellor Crime Reporter Parole/Probation Officer

Airlines/Airports Courts Military

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PD101: COMMUNICATIONS FOR POLICING PD201: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

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PD202: LEADERSHIP AND CAREER PD205: PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW

Prerequisite: a 0.5-credit selected from the following

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■ Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in ■ Border Strategies

SAFE608: BEYOND THE BORDER ■ I nvestigate methods for developing the

■ I ntegrate concepts of resiliency into

■ I nvestigate and critique strategies for

■ I nvestigate issues of intelligence responsibility,

SAFE608: BEYOND THE BORDER ■ I nvestigate methods for developing the